UK’s Russell Brand sentenced to 10 1/2 years’ jail for rape, sexual assault
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · Western Europe
Comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and a Hollywood star, was jailed for 10 1/2 years on Monday after he was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more around two decades ago. Brand – the former husband of US pop singer Katy Perry, and who in recent years had moved away from the mainstream – was convicted on Thursday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more between 2004 and 2009. He had denied all the charges. The...
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